Chain · United Kingdom · data through August 2026

T Tesco logo Tesco

Iceflower tracks 3,044 Tesco stores across 12 of the UK's 12 regions and nations. It ranks #1 of 9,217 tracked UK grocery stores chains by card spend. Its share of tracked category spend moved -4.9% over the last year.

Rankings come from real card and bank transactions across a panel of 130M+ US and EU consumers. We publish relative growth and rankings, never revenue figures. About the data

Tracked stores
3,044
Regions
12
Category
Grocery Store
Category rank
#1

Growth

Tesco against its category

The biggest tracked UK grocery stores chains by card spend, with year-over-year growth of category share. Share means a chain's slice of tracked category spend. It can decline while the chain's own sales grow. The chart tracks Tesco's share of the category quarter by quarter, indexed to 2024 Q3 = 100.

# Chain YoY share
1 T Tesco logo Tesco -4.9%
2 A Asda logo Asda +2.3%
3 A ALDI logo ALDI +1.3%
4 S Sainsbury's logo Sainsbury's +5.4%
5 M Morrisons logo Morrisons +14.2%
6 L Lidl logo Lidl -19.3%
7 M M&S Simply Food logo M&S Simply Food +13.2%
8 C Co-op Food logo Co-op Food +2.6%
9 W Waitrose & Partners logo Waitrose & Partners -12.5%
10 I Iceland logo Iceland +8.4%

Share of tracked category spend, indexed

100 91.7 2024 Q3 2026 Q2

Store footprint

Store map

3,044 tracked Tesco locations across 12 of the UK's 12 regions and nations.

Tracked stores by region

  • London 528
  • South East 473
  • North West 317
  • East of England 301
  • South West 290
  • Scotland 232
  • Yorkshire and The Humber 211
  • West Midlands 205
  • East Midlands 190
  • Wales 137
  • Northern Ireland 75
  • North East 74
  • Other 11

Customer overlap

Who shops at Tesco

Tracked chains Tesco customers also buy from more than a similarly active shopper would, indexed to the strongest overlap (100). From real card transactions.

A ALDI logo ALDI 100
M McDonald's logo McDonald's 96
L Lidl logo Lidl 54
S Starbucks logo Starbucks 50
G Greggs logo Greggs 47
O One Stop logo One Stop 37
K KFC logo KFC 37

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